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Deck the Halls Of Cybertron With Light-up Transformers Ornaments

According to the good folks at Hallmark who’ve had ornaments on display for at least a month now, it’s never too early to start planning your impending holiday decor. And that probably includes a tree covered in ornaments, though probably none that celebrate the 1980s as well as these light-up Transformers bulbs. They’re available from…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 22 '14

I really want this sci-fi short film to be made into a full movie

Into Dusk is a sci-fi short film about a terminal patient—Ellie—and her lover—Wren—who is broke, desperate to save her life—and has a gun. Jason Ho filmed it to attract investors to make a full feature. I would watch a film that explores how a normal drama could develop in a future world with different rules.…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 22 '14

Is DC About To Undo The New 52 Comics Universe?!

Last week, we discussed if Marvel Studios was finally doing something wrong. This week, we discuss if DC Comics is about to do something very right. The end times are truly approaching, my friends! Also, I answer a GamerGate question in a discussion that hopefully won’t want to make you kill yourself. https://gizmodo.com/has-marvel-finally-lost-its-ing-mind-1646643705 Do you…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 22 '14

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IFTTT, one of our favorite apps for doing just about anything, just got updated with a bunch of new Twitter triggers—if you want to stay on top of tweets that mention your name, you now have a much wider choice of ways to do it. These same alerts can also be set up for tweets…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 22 '14

1.5 million wildebeests cross a river in one impressive time-lapse

Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas made this impressive time-lapse showing the massive migration of wildebeests from Kenya to the fresher pastures of Tanzania. Will calculates that about 1.5 million wildebeests crossed the Mara River, Kenya, during the five days they spent shooting. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 22 '14

26 Gorgeous Cars Spotted On The Street

Cars. They’re art that we get to propel forward at 80mph, or just eat a burrito in at a stoplight. And for our last Shooting Challenge, we asked you to photograph them. Winner: Porsche I would love to submit my Porsche 911t shot to the Cars on the Street challenge. Currently I reside in London…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 22 '14

Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered Sneak Peak

Lego Batman is getting his own movie next year, but first he is going to have a special on the small screen. Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered will be airing on the Cartoon Network, October 27th at 6:00pm EST. Here is a sneak peak that shows Superman pestering Batman to join the Justice League. You’re…

Books & Comics Michael Schulte Oct 22 '14

This Flying Wing Was 3D-Printed From Plastic Dust In a Day

Embraced by industry titans like Boeing and amateur R/C enthusiasts alike, 3D printing never been adopted more aggressively than in the aerospace industry. And when taken to the limits of its capabilities, 3D printing can produce more than just lightweight composite fan blades. We’re talking full-blown flying wings. Developed by the University of Sheffield’s Advanced…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 22 '14

Johnny Depp’s Big Bad Wolf From Disney’s Into The Woods Is Just Bad

Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here. This is the first look at Disney’s Into the Woods Big Bad Wolf, and that is definitely Johnny Depp in a zoot suit with wolf ears. YIKES. Everyone else looks great, though. Entertainment Weekly has just unleashed four Into The Woods movie preview covers, thus revealing the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 22 '14

Why It Pays To Be A Small Male If You’re Going To A Snake Orgy

In nature, it usually pays to pack on the pounds, especially if you’re male and competing for a female. But a treasure of a paper explains why male anacondas have to fight for their ladies while staying small. If you have to fight to get a chance to mate, everyone who reproduces is going to…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 22 '14

Everyone’s Secrets Get Revealed On Agents of SHIELD

Last night’s episode of Agents of SHIELD was jam-packed with twists, and huge reveals. Everybody learned at least one major bombshell, and we found out who Lance Hunter’s ex-wife was. Plus both SHIELD and Hydra gained new allies, and the stakes got massively raised. Spoilers ahead… In “A Hen in the Wolf House,” all of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 22 '14

I Built a Keyboard from Scratch

I made a keyboard – let me tell you about it! I’m even typing this post using the keyboard I built. How meta. This has been a fairly involved process so there is a lot to discuss. The main goal of this post is to talk people through the things I went through and what…

Tech News Dave Cooper Oct 22 '14

A Gnome And A Spunky Drow Are Partners In Monster Hunting—And Romance

What is it like to date a Drow, one of the matriarchal, subterranean-dwelling dark elves of a fantasy realm? In this webcomic, the grump gnome Newman finds out when he’s assigned one as his monster extermination partner and finds himself quickly falling for her. Josh Ulrich’s webcomic Newman (also on Tapastic) is set in mishmash…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Oct 22 '14

D&D ‘Loading Screens’ for the DM who needs a break

Even the best laid Dungeon Master plans can go awry, leaving you to trawl through books and scribbled notes in a panic to find something for your players to do while they blankly stare at your DM Screen – so why not take a hint from video games and throw up a quick Loading Screen…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 22 '14

The man who invented the Pringles can was buried inside a Pringles can

Pringles varieties are as vast and varied as the stars in the sky: Barbecue. Sour Cream & Onion. Buffalo Ranch. Extreme Blazin’ Buffalo Ranch. But one, single Pringles can exists on this Earth with a peculiar sort of flavor dust and no chips at all—the Pringles can that holds the ashes of its inventor, Fredric…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Oct 22 '14

These photos are so incredibly perfect that I can’t believe they’re real

This image is so impossibly flawless in every aspect that is hard to believe it is real. Technique, composition, subject matter—it’s like a perfect dream, but it’s an actual photo of Svolvaer, Norway, by extremely talented Max Rive. His other work is equally perfect and stunning to the point of disbelief. This is how he…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 22 '14

LED Baby Returns And She’s Even MORE Adorable Than We Remembered

Last year on Halloween, “Glowy Zoey” the LED light baby toddled into our hearts and basically stole Halloween from all babies everywhere. And now this glowing cherub has returned, and she can talk! *Clutches chest* The cuteness, it’s overwhelming! From her parents via their YouTube page: After last year’s costume went absolutely nuts, I had…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 22 '14

What If We Visualized Rhythm With Circles Instead of Traditional Bars

Music is inherently orderly (at least, most of it is), but you’d never know it by looking at a page full of notes and notation. However, a new TED video shows how the backbone of any piece of music—rhythm—can be easily visualized using a simple wheel and hand. The unique visualization looks a lot like…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 22 '14

The First Exoplanets Were Discovered In 1917—But Nobody Realized It

When astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar in 1992, it was considered the first definitive detection of planets outside our solar system. But new research reveals that, nearly a century ago, a young astronomer discovered evidence of an extrasolar planetary system — he just never realized it at the time. His name was Adriaan…

io9 Mark Strauss Oct 22 '14

SimCity IRL: Be the Mayor Of Your Own Tiny 3D-Printed Metropolis

Automobile enthusiasts can collect die-cast cars, animal lovers can collect plush toys, but architecture fans can’t really collect towering skyscrapers or sprawling art galleries. And that’s what inspired Steve Fox, an architecture enthusiast himself, to create a collection of tiny noteworthy 3D-printed buildings that can be collected and assembled into a miniature metropolis. The ittyblox,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 22 '14

Deck the Halls Of Cybertron With Light-up Transformers Ornaments

I really want this sci-fi short film to be made into a full movie

Is DC About To Undo The New 52 Comics Universe?!

Use IFTTT To Supercharge Your Twitter Alerts

1.5 million wildebeests cross a river in one impressive time-lapse

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Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered Sneak Peak

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Johnny Depp’s Big Bad Wolf From Disney’s Into The Woods Is Just Bad

Why It Pays To Be A Small Male If You’re Going To A Snake Orgy

Everyone’s Secrets Get Revealed On Agents of SHIELD

I Built a Keyboard from Scratch

A Gnome And A Spunky Drow Are Partners In Monster Hunting—And Romance

D&D ‘Loading Screens’ for the DM who needs a break

The man who invented the Pringles can was buried inside a Pringles can

These photos are so incredibly perfect that I can’t believe they’re real

LED Baby Returns And She’s Even MORE Adorable Than We Remembered

What If We Visualized Rhythm With Circles Instead of Traditional Bars

The First Exoplanets Were Discovered In 1917—But Nobody Realized It

SimCity IRL: Be the Mayor Of Your Own Tiny 3D-Printed Metropolis

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Deck the Halls Of Cybertron With Light-up Transformers Ornaments

I really want this sci-fi short film to be made into a full movie

​Is DC About To Undo The New 52 Comics Universe?!

Use IFTTT To Supercharge Your Twitter Alerts

1.5 million wildebeests cross a river in one impressive time-lapse

26 Gorgeous Cars Spotted On The Street

Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered Sneak Peak

This Flying Wing Was 3D-Printed From Plastic Dust In a Day

Johnny Depp’s Big Bad Wolf From Disney’s Into The Woods Is Just Bad

Why It Pays To Be A Small Male If You’re Going To A Snake Orgy

Everyone’s Secrets Get Revealed On Agents of SHIELD

I Built a Keyboard from Scratch

A Gnome And A Spunky Drow Are Partners In Monster Hunting—And Romance

D&D ‘Loading Screens’ for the DM who needs a break

The man who invented the Pringles can was buried inside a Pringles can

These photos are so incredibly perfect that I can’t believe they’re real

LED Baby Returns And She’s Even MORE Adorable Than We Remembered

What If We Visualized Rhythm With Circles Instead of Traditional Bars

The First Exoplanets Were Discovered In 1917—But Nobody Realized It

SimCity IRL: Be the Mayor Of Your Own Tiny 3D-Printed Metropolis

Sonos Quietly Offloads the Era 300 on Amazon, Dolby Atmos Speaker at Nearly Zero Margin

How the New, Qatar-Gifted Air Force One Is Different From the Old Ones

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